Improvement in axes



tinted sans @www @tim ALDEN H. JUMPER, OF SUNMAN, INDIANA.

Lette-rsPate'nt N 94,318, dated August 31, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN AXES.

'Ihe Schedule .referred to in these Letters Patent: and making part ol the same.

To all 'whom 'it may concern:

Figure 1. is a side view of niy improved axe, partly in section, through the line xPx, fig. 2.

Figure 2 is a sectional view of the same, taken through the line x-x, tig. l..

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My invention consists in constructing the axe with an open or split poll, as hereinafter more fully described.

A represents the blade of an axe, andd represents the poll, which is split, or formed in -two parts, whose contiguous surfaces are slightly separa-ted.

This may be eii'ected by casting the head of the axe in a. mould, formed by the use ofa suitable oase, or it may be cast or formed in the usual way, and divided by a saw when in a highly-heated condition; or any other means of accomplishing the desired object may be employed, as may be preferred, or found most convenient by the manufacturer.

The parts of' the poll B are drawn together, before or after the handle has been inserted, by two screws, C, passing through the one part, and screwing into the otherl part, the ends of said holes that receive the heads of the screws C being countersunk, so that the outer surface of the heads of the screws C may be flush with the surface of the side of the axe-head.

The axe should be soformed that when the screws C are loosened vor removed, the split poll may open about one-eighth of au inch, more or less, by the spring of the eye. This allows the handle to be more conveniently inserted and removed. y

This construction allows the handle to be convenien'tly removed, should it be accidentally broken, or should its removal be desired from any other cause.

Having thus described my invention,

That I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, s-

An axe, formed with a split or open poll, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

Witnesses: ALBEN H. JUMPER.

BnNJAMiN S. JUMPER, GEORGE W. MGMULLEX. 

